A Look At The Breaking Points In Iran – By Struan Stevenson (IB Times) / January 9, 2022
The Islamic Republic of Iran has seen a year of mounting protests against the theocratic regime.
The killing by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) – the regime’s Gestapo, of fuel porters in Sistan and Baluchestan province in February, triggered widespread unrest that went on for weeks, despite a brutal crackdown by the authorities and a province-wide internet blackout.
In July, the clerical regime ordered the IRGC to open fire on unarmed civilian demonstrators in Khuzestan province who were protesting at on-going power cuts during the intense summer heatwave.
Dozens were killed. By November, tens of thousands of farmers in Isfahan had joined a mass protest over the desiccation of the Zayandeh Rud river, depriving them of essential irrigation resources for their crops. The farmers blamed the IRGC for diverting water from the river to the neighboring Yazd province, where they have corruptly plundered the profits from a series of heavy industrial, water-guzzling, military factories.
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